We soon see ourselves in the Greed Ring. The air is thick and moist with the polluting toxic rivers, and the sound of firing guns in the distance is heard almost relentlessly...home sweet home :). Then again when you grow up in a place like this, it tends to grow on you quite a bit over the last about 20 years I've been alive.
Briar: I would head inside a large manor while in the ring in Ransom City feeling sh*tty about myself from this failed mission. Father, I'm back, the mission didn't go so successfully. Please forgive me...
Have I forgotten to mention that my father is a mobster in a mafia I grew up in?
You would see a large black feathered raven-like figure standing and facing his window, his name was Cadel, but his enemies and the victims refer to him as "The Crow".
Cadel: Smokes his cigar and exhales the fumes before saying and turning around My little rose, do you know why I assigned you this mission?...
Briar: Because you said that I'm one of the more competent workers you had? I ask in some confusion but also some anger Why didn't you tell me someone else was after them?-
Cadel: He did not know of this as he coughs a bit and asks his second-in-command...What was that, Rosebud?
Briar: Says in a frustrated tone because she was not a fan of the imp's work Someone else was after my target! It was that lookalike of me, Blitzo from I.M.P.
It was from that mention that he got an idea in that featherbrained head of his.
Cadel: Hmmm, well it looks like we have some competition ever since you started your own little solo side-gig, Rosie. I still don't believe that you are doing well in Pride Ring when you live alone like that-
Briar: For Satan's sake, dad, I'm an adult now, I don't wanna rely on handouts from you or the others who treat me like I'm 5 again! Apparently I try to stabilize myself by being a freelance assassin with my own small business, servicing both sinners AND hellborns.
Cadel: Holds onto Briar's chin in a slight authoritative way You know I care about you, my little flower...you're dismissed.
With that, I go outside and hop onto a red motorcycle and drive off to my apartment in the Pride Ring. Sure it's not much but its got a roof, sturdy walls, and mostly decent solid door. I got the place from a crazy Foghorn Leghorn talkin' imp as a compensation for taking care of a certain someone who was on his back. I still pay rent, though its not as bad as other places with more value.
MEANWHILE BACK AT I.M.P....
Blitz and the gang were all trying to relax after what happened in the human world as they never thought to see someone look and act like Blitz, but female. Blitz was the more confused and befuddled than the others, while Loona was holding a calling card that Briar dropped on Earth, having an idea to try and visit her.
Loona: Stood up and puts her paperwork down before going to Blitz Hey Blitz, its quittin' time, ready to go? I'm gonna go and be somewhere
Blitz: Was a bit distracted from him thinking about the female imp he saw earlier today until he answered Hm? Oh! Sure, Loonie, yeah, I'll uhm, be out there in a bit.
They soon walk out of the office building and headed towards their respected homes and/or places they would go to at the end of the day.
To be continued...
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A Rose's Thorny Truth (A non-canon Helluva Boss Fanfic)
FanfictionBorn from an imp and Goetian prince, a female imp tries to handle discovering where she really came from. (Not my art, credit goes to the artist)
